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Shay Laren Interview - June '06 Penthouse Pet I call her Monday afternoon, May 1, 2006. Shay, 20: "I'm sitting in the airport in Maui. I'm heading out to LA. I'm working with Nicholas Sage for Penthouse." Luke: "Is he a still photographer?" Shay: "Yeah. I don't know exactly what it is for. They just said they needed more stuff of me." Luke: "How did you get into nude modeling?" Shay: "Crystal Klein is my friend and neighbor. She got some pictures of me and she sent them to Stephen Hicks, who flew me out to Los Angeles in January and then presented the pictures to Penthouse. Here I am." Luke: "How did appearing in Penthouse affect your life?" Shay: "It's not like I'm on the cover. Not everyone is going, 'Ohmigod, I saw you on the cover of a magazine.' My family and friends know about it. They're all very excited for me." Luke: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?" Shay (the oldest child of four, her siblings are six, eight and 13): "I always wanted to be a model or an actress. I've done theatre since I was ten. I've always wanted to be in the spotlight. The attention and all that stuff." Luke: "What do you love and hate about being a nude model?" Shay: "I hate that I have to travel every couple of days. I hate airports. "I hate people labeling it as pornography. "Everything else is positive. I love doing it." Luke: "What were you doing before?" Shay: "I worked in a high fashion boutique. I did sales and ran the store." Luke: "How did your friends react?" Shay: "Most of my friends have reacted positively." Luke: "How has it affected your love life?" Shay: "Not at all. The magazine just came out." She says she's single. Luke: "What type of men are you attracted to?" Shay: "Confident guys, not cocky. Funky, nerdy, quirky, spontaneous. I don't like the big buff macho guys. I'm really attracted to intelligence and humor." Shay divorced eight months ago after a one-year marriage. She lost her virginity to that guy at 16 and they were together for three years. Luke: "Did you get crazy after the divorce?" Shay: "I got a little wild." Luke: "How do you know Crystal Klein?" Shay: "We met on Halloween. Here in Hawaii, Halloween is like Mardi Gras. We've been good friends eversince. We recently became neighbors. We see each other every day." Luke: "She's really sarcastic. Are you sarcastic too?" Shay: "Of course. We go at it all the time. We try to outdo each other." Luke: "What are your ambitions?" Shay: "For the next couple of years, I want to work on the website shaylaren.com. I want to go back to school. I want to study philosophy and literature. I don't know exactly what career route I want to go down." Luke: "What classes were you best in in highschool?" Shay: "English literature and science. I was awful at math but for some reason I got science down." She loves to read. Luke: "What are your favorite books?" Shay: "Anything by Deepak Chopra and Dan Brown. I love the classics too, such as The Great Gatsby and any of the books that you had to read in highschool." Laren is a military brat and grew up around the world. She went to highschool in Germany for three years and was in many honors classes. Shay has mainly male friends. "Girls on this island are territorial over guys. I have lots of guy friends and they totally respect me. I totally lay down boundaries. If you are going to be my friend, don't try to become my boyfriend." Shay Laren June '06 Penthouse Pet
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